Shoe-heel



A. COHEN.

SHOE HEEL. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 1919.

,394,712. Patented 00'525, 1921.

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ABRAHAM COHEN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SHOE-HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (lot. .25. 1222.

Application filed November 10, 1919. Serial No. 336,830.

To all-whom it may concern Be it known that I, ABRAHAM COHEN, owing allegiance to the Republic of Poland, (who owed allegiance to Russia last prior to assuming-Polish nationality,) residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Heels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in shoe heels and more particularly to shoe heels for womens shoes known as aluminum heels and is a distinct and practical improve ment to overcome certain important practical objections to, and defects in, the present type of aluminum heels upon the market today.

An object ofmy present invention is to provide an aluminum heel shell having an.

integral shank support.

Afurther object of the invention is to provide the aluminum heel shell with a wooden, orfibrous plug so that the heel may be secured to the heel portion ofthe insole by means of nails driven through the insole and into the wooden plug of the heel.

A further object of the invention is to provide a closed tread end for the heel which has a flat lift engaging face and provided with a plurality of suitable fastener openings so that the leather lift applied to the flat lift engaging surface of the heel may be held in place by means of a screw and a plurality of nails which are anchored in the wooden plug.

A further object of the invention is to apply a top tread lift to the lower tread lift so that when the top tread lift has been worn down that the lower lift will also have to be worn down before the metallic part of the heel engages the ground.

A still further object of the invention is to eliminate the use of a shoe half sole extending to the breast of the heel, owing to the shank support extending forward from the breast of the heel as an integral part thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1, is a side elevation of a womans shoe showing my improved heel applied thereto.

Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view of the heel applied to a shoe.

Fig. 3, is a top plan view of the heel and integral shank support.

Referring to the accompanying drawings. A indicates the upper of a womans shoe. B. the counter of the shoe, C, the insole of the shoe and D, the sole of the shoe.

In carrying out the aim of my present invention, I employ a heel, which is cast in the form of a shell 1 havinga closed tread end 2 provided with a flat lift engaging surface 3. The heel is preferably cast of aluminum so the shell will be light. The upper end of the heel is open and the breast 4 of the heel is provided with an integral shank support 5 which extends forward a suitable distance from the upper end of the breast 4. The upper surface 6 of the shank support 5 is longitudinally as well as transversely curved to engage the inner sole of the shoe, as is manifest. The forward end 7, of the shank support 5, meets and engages the rear end of the sole D, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. The rear end of the sole D is preferably beveled, as at 8, so that it will overlap upon the upper face of the shank support 5, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The shank support 5 is provided with a plurality of suitable openings 9. Suitable fasteners 16, such as screws, or nails, pass through these openings 9 and enter the inner sole C for securely holding the shank support in engagement with the inner sole and the beveled end of the shoe sole D.

The hollow heel shell 1 is adapted to receive a suitable wooden plug 11. Nails 12, or their e uivalent are driven through the inner sole and into the wooden plug 11 to hold the heel to the shoe.

A leather tread lift 13', is mounted upon the fiat surface 3 of the heel and securely held in an exposed position by means of a suitable screw 14 which passes through an opening 15 and then enters the wooden filler block, or plug 11. The lift 13 is also held in place by means of a plurality of nails 16 which pass through openings 17 and enter the wooden plug 11. A second, or top leather lift 18 is fixed to the leather lift 13 by means of suitable fastening devices. such as nails '19.

The wooden filler plug 11 provides a substantial and solid upper surface for the heel portion of the inner sole to rest upon thus obviating the necessity of casting supporting bosses as a part of the heel.

By providing the heel with two exposed leather tread lifts, it is evident that when the upper lift 18 has been worn down that the lower lift 13 will prevent a person from walking upon the lift engaging surface of the aluminum heel and is ample warning that a new leather lift should be applied. It is evident that even the lower lift may also be worn down before a person is walking on the surface 3 of the heel 1. In such a case, two new lifts can be easily applied to the heel, as is manifest.

The forward extension 5, which is an integral part of the breast of the heel, it will be observed, serves as a substantial shank support and the fasteners which secure same to the inner sole also serve to more firmly hold the heel in position and prevent same from being easily pulled off.

It is evident that a heel, as herein described, is very easily applied and fixed to a shoe, as it can be first glued into position and then nailed, or otherwise secured to the inner sole'thereafter, wherein, with the present type of aluminum heel the nails are anchored in the casting making it very difficult to apply the heel to a shoe.

The many advantages of my improved heel will readily suggest themselves to those to which the invention appertains.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the exact details of construction and arrangement as herein described and illustrated, as it"is manifest that variations and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention and the terms of the following claim, hence wish it to be understood that I reserve the right to-make any such changes or modifications as may fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim when fairly construed.

Vihat I claim is:

A heel for ladies shoes comprising an aluminum shell having an open top and a closed tread end provided with a plurality ofopenings, a fibrous plug of the same contour as the shell cavity. frictionally held within the cavity and filling the same with its lower face incontact with the inner face of the closed tread end of the shell, an inner lift in contact with the lower face of the,

closed tread end of the shell,-a screw threaded fastener passing through the inner lift, one of the openings in the closed tread portion of the shell and embedded in the lower end of the fibrous plug, nails passing through the inner lift, the remaining openings in the closed tread end of the shell and embedded in the fibrous plug, an outer lift engaging the inner lift and nails driven through the outer and inner lifts and clenched against the lower face of the closed tread end of theshell.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name to the specification.

ABRAHAM COHEN. 

